R&D throughout the industry has led to significant steps in innovation this year. VARBusiness Tech Innovator Awards recognize the most innovative of these offerings from several different sectors.
Vendors submitted hundreds of entries for the 2008 VARBusiness Tech Innovator Awards, but only a handful emerged as purveyors of unique, groundbreaking products. Here's a look at the winners.
HP's first touch-screen notebook for consumers has plenty of options for work and play.
And, of course, we're not adding new generating capacity quickly enough to keep up with demand. Should I buy a generator?
For individuals, a small generator might not be a bad idea. But what about a small business? Have they thought about backup?
It doesn't take a power grid failure, either, to turn out the lights: Ask anybody in Florida what they have to prepare for every year during hurricane season.
Shockingly, Emerson Network Power has done some research that finds that, despite years of headlines, most small businesses haven't gotten the message:
For small businesses, power outages can be disastrous if they are not prepared. Technologies that make it easy to quickly transfer to back-up sources can keep small companies in a struggling economy not only out of the dark but also, quite possibly, out of the red.
Unfortunately, not all businesses — especially small ones — have prepared themselves for outages. In fact, a 2008 survey of 451 U.S. small businesses commissioned by Emerson Network Power showed that 61 percent do not have back-up power supplies.
Think about the small businesses you know. How many could survive five days or a week in the dark without a catastrophic impact on operations?
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